TWIST1 promoter methylation in primary colorectal carcinoma

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-872

  Ruppenthal, Rúbia D ^a,b   Nicolini, Carmela ^b   Filho, Antonio Fabiano Ferreira ^b   Meurer, Rosalva ^b   Damin, Andréa P ^b   Rohe, Adriana ^b   Alexandre, Cláudio O P ^b   Damin, Daniel C ^c  

^a Physical Therapy Department   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colon; Colorectal cancer; Methylation; Prognosis; TWIST1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR GENE; TWIST1 GENE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84855454264     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-011-9395-6     Document Type: Article

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